Three-year follow-up of oral leukoplakia after neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser surgery

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-379

  Vivek, V ^a   Jayasree, R S ^b   Balan, Anita ^c   Sreelatha, K T ^c   Gupta, A K ^b  

^a PMS College of Dental Science and Research   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Laser surgery; Nd:YAG laser; Oral lesions; Oral leukoplakia; Three year follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SWELLING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949143050     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-007-0500-8     Document Type: Article

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